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Easy French Toast Casserole
This French toast casserole is an easy overnight option for a weekend or holiday breakfast. You do all the work the night before and bake the next morning!
Ingredients
- 1 cupbrown sugar
- ½ cupunsalted butter
- 1loaf crusty french bread, cut into bite-sized pieces, or more as needed
- 2 cupsmilk
- 6 largeeggs
- 2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
- 1 tablespoonbrown sugar, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoonground cinnamon, or to taste
Directions
- 1
Gather all ingredients and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- 2
To make the French toast: Stir brown sugar and butter together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter is melted and sugar has dissolved, 2 to 4 minutes. Pour butter-brown sugar mixture into the prepared baking dish.
- 3
Scatter French bread pieces over top in a 1 ½- to 2-inch layer.
- 4
Whisk milk, eggs, and vanilla together in a bowl until well combined. Pour over bread pieces, then press bread down with a spatula so the bread absorbs the liquid. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
- 5
When ready to bake, remove French toast from the refrigerator and discard plastic wrap. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- 6
To make the topping: Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl; sprinkle evenly over the top of French toast.
- 7
Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes, covering with aluminum foil at any point if the top is browning too much.
- 8
Cut into squares; serve with some of the caramel from the bottom of the pan spooned on top.